Wednesday, September 7, 2011

BAMBOO

Before we begin, let’s clear something up. Bamboo is not a tree! It is the fast growing grass on the planet and it is a perfect replacement for trees because it has an extremely short growth cycle and a very high carbon dioxide exchange rate. There are over 1200 documented species of bamboo. A mature grove of bamboo sends up new shoots every year and these new shoots reach their full size in just a couple of months. Some can even grow up to 47 inches within 24 hours and can reach over 100 feet in height within 60 days. This short growth cycle makes it a perfect replacement for our slow growing forests that are being steadily cut back. It also provides erosion control when other plants are washed away.

A FEW INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BAMBOO

Bamboo is a great plant for individuals concerned with a green environment. There are some 1500 different species that are native to every continent except Europe.

Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on this planet. It has been recorded growing at an amazing 47.6 inches in a 24 hour period.

Bamboo is a vaible replacement for wood. It can be harvested in 3-5 years versus 10-20 for most softwoods. It can out yield pine 6 to 1 in biomass production.

It is also one of the strongest building materials with a tensile strength of 28,000 psi. To help give you an idea how much this is, mild steel measures 23,000 psi.

Bamboo is a crucial element in the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. A grove of bamboo releases 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees. Because of this, planting bamboo is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and help fight global warming.

It is a great soil conservation tool. It greatly reduces erosion with a sum of stem flow rate and canopy intercept of 24%. This dramatically reduces rain run-off, preventing massive soil erosion and making it very earth friendly.

Bamboo can also tolerate extreme conditions that most plants cannot. It was actually the first plant to re-green after the atomic blast in Hiroshima in 1945.

Bamboo can be eaten (new shoots), made into fiber for clothing, it can be used in concrete reinforcement, it can provide great livestock feed with the foliage being up to 22% protein, it can be machined into numerous forms of lumber, etc. It might be easier to compile a list of what bamboo cannot be used for than what it is used for.

Monday, September 5, 2011

The movement of the Humanization of Pets has gained a ton of attention in the last few years and we would like to think that our Bambu Pet Hammock is one of the very first pieces of pet furniture. Our designs are different from the majority of “pet furniture” that is presently available on the market. The majority of are pet size replications of human beds and sofas, or they are just the plain old cushion plopped on the floor adding no interior design value to the customer’s home. I am the designer and founder of Pet Lounge Studios and am a professional furniture designer with a degree from the Savannah College of Art & Design. With that said, I approach all of my designs from the perspective of a furniture designer first and foremost.

Our Kickstarter project is a way for us to create brand awareness and value on an international level. The goal of our project is to bring our products to life by interacting with our backers and inviting them to participate in the entire manufacturing process with regular updates and the creation of an exclusive manufacturing video documentary. This will start by bringing them deep into the bamboo forests of mainland China to harvest the raw bamboo for the production of their products! We will also explain the “green” aspect of bamboo and the story behind our brand. Our hope are that this will go viral on the internet and create the demand for our unique products.

We are also creating a video and autographed coffee table book documenting the entire manufacturing process. Starting the day we land in Hong Kong and following us deep into the bamboo forests of China to harvest the raw bamboo for the manufacturing of your own Hammock and Diner.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Hi everyone! We will be exhibiting at the Gold Coast Pet Expo this weekend Friday the 25th and Sunday the 26th. We will be selling both retail and wholesale. If you're in the area please stop by the South Florida Fairgrounds. Thank you for your support.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

We are very excited to be featured in the Winter 2008 issue of The Pet Elite! If you have access to this magazine please read pages 23-28. The article features the latest trends in luxury pet furniture and the new and up and coming designers that are redefining the industry with new and innovative designs. You can also visit our Online Press Room to view this article digitally.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

The owner of The Haute Hound, Kimberly Hall is a pleasure to work with and has a very upscale pet boutique that carries everything you need to pamper your four legged family member. She is displaying our Bambu Collection with the Coral cushion option for our popular Bambu Lounger.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

We are very excited to announce yet another luxury pet boutique in Palm Beach, Florida who will be representing the Pet Lounge Studios brand. If you are in the area please visit the beautiful Chateau De Puppy at the following location:

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

We are very excited about our partnership with Mod.Dog Salon & Boutique! If you would see the Eco-Chic Bambu Collection we encourage you to visit this upscale boutique located at:

2200 West Glades Road, 103bBoca Raton, Florida 33431561.338.8883

Mod.Dog Salon & Boutique only represents the best and most unique products on the market, and we are confident that you will find the design and craftsmanship of our products as a beautiful alternative to all the other products on the market and a chic addition to your home decor.

Our inventory is now in and available to order today and ship tomorrow. Free shipping on all retail orders within the continental United States. If you live outside the United States please contact us to work out international shipping requirements. We welcome all international orders!Pet Lounge Studios!

Monday, September 22, 2008

With much anticipation our products have finally arrived today! They are more beautiful than we ever imagined. Simple and quick to assemble and available to order today and ship tomorrow. If anyone has any suggestions or request for customers own fabric please contact us and we would be more than happy to meet you demands. Once more pictures are taken of the 7 different cushion options we will be sure to post them immediately. Again thank you all for your support and patience.

Welcome to the PET LOUNGE STUDIOS Product Development Blog!

PET LOUNGE STUDIOS aim is to provide consumer products that stimulate the imagination and straddle the border between pets and humans. This distinction of what is for us and what is for our pets has been redefined, and may make you a little jealous. Pet Lounge Studios is a green, eco-friendly manufacturer of Modern Luxury Pet Furniture & Accessories.

The purpose behind the PET LOUNGE STUDIOS blog is to educate the consumer on the design and development processes involved in bringing our products to the market. We want to give our readers a chance to voice their thoughts and opinions while contributing to the unlimited possibilities of going green with pet furniture.

We will post images of conceptual sketches, prototypes, images and videos of our overseas factories, the manufacturing process starting with the harvesting of the raw bamboo from deep within the forests and all the way through to the packaging. I promise you, it will be a very exciting journey!

Manufacturing Process

In March 2008 we arranged a trip to the Bamboo capital of the World, China. We traveled out to the countryside with a former contact, and friend, I had met on one of my previous trips and began working on the manufacturing of the BAMBU COLLECTION. It was a very exciting and successful trip. Below is a slideshow which documents our trip and the production of our products. Hope you enjoy!

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Born in Fort Lauderdale Florida and a graduate of the prestigious Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah Georgia, Furniture & Product Designer, Corey Drew has been making his contribution to the design world. In 2005 He was recognized as a “new and up and coming designer,” by Niche Magazine. Between 2005 and 2008 Corey traveled extensively throughout Asia designing furniture pieces for the exciting high-end hospitality industry and the bamboo housewares market. Gathered by his journeys abroad and studies of mid-century modern design, He has brought back with him a unique style that has now been introduced to the pet industry and exclusively at Pet Lounge Studios. Corey plays a key role within Pet Lounge Studios, where he is constantly developing new design concepts and then prototyping them. During manufacturing he travels overseas to work intimately with the company’s factories to perfect the process and assure the highest level of quality and detail. “It is very difficult to explain the feeling that I get when a product that I have designed, out of passion, makes it through all the stages of development and then is finally manufactured. We have had an enormous response from the public for our products, and to hear people use words like, innovative, unique and modern makes them a success. Needless to say, the public gives us the motivation to make the next designs to be introduced even better, so it is my responsibility to do just that,” says Corey.